Ed Randall is a longtime New York

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 correspondent for ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

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, and a regular contributor on ESPN Classic

ESPN Classic

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’s anthology shows. He also hosts the Sunday morning radio program Ed Randall’s Talking Baseball, which airs on New York's WFAN

WFAN

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-AM and nationally on Sirius XM Radio's MLB Home Plate

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 channel.

He has called television play-by-play for the minor-league Brooklyn Cyclones

Brooklyn Cyclones

The Brooklyn Cyclones is a minor league baseball team in the Short-Season A classification New York - Penn League, affiliated with the New York Mets. The Cyclones play at MCU Park just off the Coney Island boardwalk in the New York City borough of Brooklyn....

 and Staten Island Yankees

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, and served as a temporary Public Address announcer for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 in the absence of Bob Sheppard

Bob Sheppard

Robert Leo "Bob" Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the MLB New York Yankees , and the NFL New York Giants .Sheppard announced more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over a period of 56 years,...

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Randall was treated for prostate cancer

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. As of 2010 he is considered in remission from the disease.